AHMAD YANI

Ahmad yani was one of the most important revolutionist hero in Indonesia. He was one of the commander in the Indonesian army. Ahmad Yani was born in Central Java on the 19th of June. He was raised by both of his parents, and on the year 1927, they moved to Batavia. Yani went to primary and secondary school. In 1940, Yani left high school and went to the compulsory military service in the Army of the Dutch East Indies colonial government. He studied military topography in Malang, East Java, but this education was interrupted by the arrival of Japan in 1942.

After the independence of Indonesia, Yani joined with the other army to fight against the Dutch. On the year 1952, he was called to fight the Darul Islam who was trying to make Indonesia became a moslem country. In order to face this rebel, Yani formed a special troops named, The Banteng Raiders.

As President, Sukarno moved closer to the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in the early 60s, Yani, who was strongly anti-communist, became very wary of the PKI.

In 1 October 1965, the 30 September Movement attempted to kidnap seven members of the Army general staff. There were about 200 men who surrounded Yani's home at Latuhahary Street No. 6 in the Jakarta suburb of Menteng. Usually Yani had eleven troops guarding his home. His wife later reported that a week before an additional six men were assigned to him. According to Yani's wife, the additional men did not appear for duty on that night. Yani and his children were asleep in his house while his wife was out celebrating her birthday by staying out with a group of friends and relatives.

When the kidnappers came to Yani's house and told him that he called by the president, he asked for time to shower and change his clothes. But, the kidnappers didnt let him, so he slapped one of the kidnapper soldiers, and tried to shut the front door of his house. One of the kidnappers shot him from outside. 

His body was taken to Lubang Buaya on the outskirts of Jakarta and, together with those of the other murdered generals, was hidden in a well.

Yani's body, and those of the other victims, was moved to the funeral on 4 October, and all were given a state funeral the next day, before being buried at the Hero's Cemetery at Kalibata. On the same day, Yani and the other generals were officially declared Heroes of the Revolution by Presidential Decision No. 111/KOTI/1965.